All Plato Quotes
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Plato
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Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
Plato
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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
Plato
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Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
Plato
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No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
Plato
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The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
Plato
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No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Plato
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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.
Plato
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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
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We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
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No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
Plato
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